Citric Acid → HCID 178472501, compound

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Chloro(1,1-dimethylethyl)dimethylsilane (115 g; 0.76 mol) was added in portions over 1 hour to a solution of commercially available ethyl 4-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylate (118 g; 0.68 mol), imidazole (103 g; 1.52 mol) and dimethylformamide (400 mL) stirred under an atmosphere of argon. A small exotherm was observed resulting in the reaction mixture temperature increasing to ˜40° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight then poured into 10% citric acid solution (2 L) and extracted with diethyl ether (2×800 mL). The ether extracts were washed with water, brine and then dried (Na2SO4) and the solvent was removed to give the title compound as an oil (198.4 g)

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